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Comment by dkfreak1

OH MAH GOD? Can it really be, after she were rudely taken away from me, does she finally return me? My little baby raptor from stranglethorn *Sob* Come to pappa!

Comment by Souzan

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Thank you blizz! i love you manies!

Comment by Aoir

I'll admit, I teared up a little when I read the quest text. I finally have my little raptor back. I finally got revenge on Mandokir and saved her.

Comment by Xhosant

This balances between expected and wise. I had been SOO pissed with the abduction, that I would become a pain in blizz's but if it wasn't returned :P

Nice implementation though, blizz.

Comment by ShadCroly

If you haven't done any of the quest in STV, can you still get this quest once the boss is down? If you have to do the quest chains, how far into the STV quest chain do Alliance players have to be to get this?

Comment by Neonhyper

It was a fate of chance when she was first found, hatched from a mismatched egg amongst many or following in the shadow of one of Kurzen's men. She was cared and loved for, allowed to eat a favorite of raptor meals, whether it had been basilisks or murlocs. She followed in their footsteps, traversing miles across Stranglethorn, watching them perform heroic deeds for their people.

On such journey would bring her to set of troll ruins, ruins where she would find a skull in a pile of many similar. She wouldn't know exactly why that one skull was special, but she hung onto it, feeling some sort of connection to the bone of a deceased. They would investigate that skull, consulting experts to its origins, and tracing the jungle to revive a powerful figure of old.

And then she was stolen, from arms length of the one she had put so much trust in, who had met her needs and taken her to see so many things. To Zul'Gurub she was caged, forced to hear of everything she was meant to do and commanded to forget them. They tried to set her free, but they failed, and she was bound and whipped and beaten, but never to forget them and all they had done for her.

She grew up, never given an inch reprieve for her 'crimes', as the weeks and days rolled by, yearning to see them once again as the Gurubashi rose from the ashes. Then the day came, when Mandokir was slain.

The heir to Ohgan was free, reunited at last with the parent she had loved best of all.

Welcome home, Ohgan'aka!

For those of you who are confused about why you can't find Ohgan'aka after killing Mandokir, our favorite little Lashtail Hatchling will not appear until you have completed the chain in Northern Stranglethorn that starts with the Lashtail Raptor Egg Fragment, which is received when looting the last jungle remedy from the quest Bad Medicine, for the Alliance, or breaking the last egg for the quest The Defense of Grom'gol: Raptor Risk, for the Horde.

When you summon your Lashtail Hatchling, the part that normally says <Name's Companion> will instead say <Name'Aka>!

Comment by Haimdall

Dwarves don't cry. Dwarves don't cry. Dwarves don'.....-sniff-

I missed you so much, little one.

Welcome home.

Comment by Lunatic88

I admit aswell. I teared up a little when i freed her. After forming the special bond with her when she was collecting quest items for me in STV and me slaying murlocs for her, since she was not big enough to hunt herself, then the day where the bloodlord rudely claims her and I had no choice than to give her over! It hurt! and him comming to Grom'gol and her looking at me with big wet eyes- it is all in the past now, because we are together again, me and Ohgan'aka, and she is now my aka *sob*

Next he will send you on a quest called I Think She's Hungry to feed the baby raptor murloc meat. Make sure your raptor is summoned so she can take bites out of the corpses as you kill them.

Now take the hatchling to the Bal'lal Ruins @ 33.7, 37.2 where you will find a pile of skulls on the ground, Your hatchling will run up to the pile and grab a skull from it. Now he will give you the quest Favored Skull which needs you to return to Nimboya in Grom'gol.

After completing the above quest line, Bloodlord Mandokir will spawn and offer a "quest" of the same name. He really just wants to steal the raptor from you because it's special. Do not chase him when he runs off. There is more to do, you must now embark on a chain to try and save your new raptor friend from her fate.

She will lead you on a chain to try and save your new raptor hatchling friend from her terrible fate of becoming the Bloodlord's new raptor slave. This is all your fault! But maybe you can do something about it...1) Mind Vision, 2) See Raptor, 3) Mind Control, 4) Be Raptor, 5) Surkhan

After that really cool and fun quest chain from the Priestess you are ready to enter the 85 Heroic Dungeon of Zul'Gurub and face the Bloodlord Mandokir. It's time to undo the mistake you made by bringing him back to life, and you must save your new friend from a world of torture and evil. Once the Bloodlord falls at your hands, you will see An Old Friend.

He will then send you on the quest I Think She's Hungry to feed the baby raptor some basilisk meat. Make sure you have the hatchling summoned while killing basilisks so she may take bites from the corpses as you kill them.

Now take the hatchling to the Bal'lal Ruins @ 33.7, 37.2 where you will find a pile of skulls on the ground. Your hatchling will run up to the pile and grab a skull from it. Now he will give you the quest Favored Skull. Return to Osborn Obnoticus at the Rebel Camp (This is the NPC that you must have logged out then back in to see according to some Alliance players).

After completing the above quest line, Bloodlord Mandokir will spawn and offer a "quest" of the same name. He really just wants to steal the raptor from you because it's special. Do not chase him when he runs off. There is more to do, you must now embark on a chain to try and save your new raptor friend from her fate.

She will lead you on a chain to try and save your new raptor hatchling friend from her terrible fate of becoming the Bloodlord's new raptor slave. This is all your fault! But maybe you can do something about it...1) Mind Vision, 2) See Raptor, 3) Mind Control, 4) Be Raptor, 5) Ghaliri

After that really cool and fun quest chain from the Priestess you are ready to enter the 85 Heroic Dungeon of Zul'Gurub and face the Bloodlord Mandokir. It's time to undo the mistake you made by bringing him back to life, and you must save your new friend from a world of torture and evil. Once the Bloodlord falls at your hands, you will see An Old Friend.

Comment by ilostmahbucket

You have to have your Lashtail out where you picked up the tablet for the previous quest, Deep Roots, at the Bal'lal ruins for him to offer you the quest Favored Skull.

Comment by oppinoy

I don't understand, I escaped from zg as a baby raptor and I know I got the quest saying that I'll see her again in ZG once I defeat the blood lord; but when I killed blood lord, no quest appeared.

P.S. I'm dumb. I didn't notice the hatchling chained in the corner with a big ! on its head. I got it after going back to the corpse of Bloodlord and looking around for 5 mins. Noticed it on my mini map when I was turning to leave.

Comment by Happyfaic

I am Jalson. I have killed kings, toppled monarchies. I've seen close friends and comrades brutally murdered, and never shed a tear. I am as hard as- is that my hatchling?

Okay, maybe I've shed a tear.

Welcome home, baby.

:3

Comment by redsunrising15

You need to kill him and then the quest unlocks. You cannot kill him, do the quest, and come back later in the same instance lock.

Comment by Glowyrm

I was able to do this The Defense of Grom'gol: Raptor Risk and a Lashtail Raptor appeared next to me but I didn't get A Lashtail Hatchling quest. I talked to the farseer but he has not quest for me or whatsoever. I am kinda stuck. :(

P.S. I relogged in - now the Lashtail Hatchling is gone...

You should have gotten the egg fragment in your inventory after destroying the last egg for the "Defense of Grom'gol: Raptor Risk" quest. As you kill the last egg, the quest is auto accepted and the Lashtail Egg Fragment is put into your bags.

If you do not have room in your bags then you will not receive it, but you should be able to get the quest from Far Seer Mok'thardin anyway.

Make sure you are speaking to the correct NPC, Far Seer Mok'thardin. Make sure you are not in the Bwemba's Spirit quest line phase of STV (if so finish the quest chain). Double check your inventory for the Lashtail Raptor Egg Fragment.

If none of that works, you have to contact a GM. I have heard of this happening to other people but only on Alliance. They were usually able to get the egg fragment to drop from Kurzen Compound NPCs after killing some.

I went to start the quest chain, and am foiled from the start. I'm not seeing Brother Nemitz at Rebel Camp to pick up the Bad Medicine quest. Does anyone know, could this have anything to do with still being on the Bwemba's Spirit quest chain? Rebel Camp is still being attacked at this point for me, even though I did defend it previously.

Check the comment on this page http://www.wowhead.com/quest=29220. Click on the guys spoiler box that says "click this" with the red arrow. A list of the entire chain will appear. Make sure you completed it, particularly the last quest. Many people seem to skip that one and think they are done earlier. What you are experiencing is a phasing issue and STV will not change back until this chain is finished.

Other than that, try logging out by the Rebel Camp then back in a few times. If you truly finished the quest chain and then tried logging in and out, then you must contact a GM. My money is on you haven't finished the quest chain.

Comment by Buran

There, there. It's perfectly okay.

This troll is on her way to save the little girl, too, and will sit and cry when she does.

Comment by Selliie

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw her sitting there with the little yellow ! over her head. I'm so thrilled to have this little baby back with me, she made the 10+ wipes during the run more than worth it <3

Comment by newmanfancypants

For anyone out there planning on extending a ZG lockout with the bloodlord down after completing the STV quests, the baby raptor will not offer the quest. It must be a fresh Bloodlord Mandokir kill

Comment by weezuz

Ive done the entire questline and killed the bloodlord a heap of times and i still have no raptor spawn for me.

Comment by Sicklidae

I really think she should actually have a name, rather than just "Lashtail Hatchling"

Anyone else with me on this?

Comment by Ciandre

It turns out that if you faction changeAFTER completing the STV questline but BEFORE killing Mandokir in ZG, some thing with the quests bugs out. I had no idea why I wasn't getting the Lashtail Rapor to spawn, so I headed back to the Rebel Camp and low and behold, Mandokir's there and he demands I give him the raptor shell fragment. Afterwords, I had to complete the rest of the questline up to Ghaliri. I have NOT YET gone back in to ZG to see whether or not little Ohgan'aka now spawns.. but when I do, I'll update this.

Yep! Returned to ZG after the quest, and there was little Ohgan'aka! =D Yeyyyy~

Comment by Sw337x7007h

Well this feels like being cheated.. I did all these quests only to realize that I have to wait until I'm 85 to raid a dungeon to get my pet back.

Comment by Khayr

Well at least I don't feel bad for sobbing in happiness when I got my baby back, looks like everyone else did too.

I also agree that she should have kept her name, though the text beneath it does say "<name>'aka" instead of "<name's> Companion". Neat little change there.

Comment by Viix

Does anyone know what the 'aka bit means?

Comment by zim57398

Not gonna lie, I actually teared up a little at this. I'm keeping her out at all times now.

Comment by DG2020

Since the last time you saw her was in a level 29 quest, I was initially concerned that by the time you hit 85, she would have grown to adulthood and (dare I say it?) we would have had to KILL her!Fortunately, my fears were misplaced and I'm finally reunited with her. Wouldn't it have been cool though if she was a mount instead of a companion pet?

Comment by Gizeeh

we already got a mount, Savage Raptor from war of the elements:)

Comment by clockwork333

I can't figure it out, I have the panther pet, so I know I got pretty far in the questline, I'm pretty sure I'd FINISHED it too (mailed the items to an alt, except for the ring, which I sold, looks awful on tauren) ...yet no raptor.

Comment by NetherAspect

Ya know, they might as well have made it a mount, as opposed to JUST A STINKING COMPANION! Especially since this quest is only available to 85s who do the dungeon... *sigh* I guess this is just to be expected from Blizz, after all...

Comment by epicfailguuy22

well...i finished the chain quest, but Grom'Gol is still under attack, and i've logged out a lot, and does it matter if i didn't do the lower level chain quest? and if so can i go back and do them?

Comment by TheLustful

I was told to hand Ohgan'aka over or the gnome dies, I wanted to damn the gnome and keep her. Still, I handed her over and moved on. I killed millions; men and women, beggars and kings, heroes and gods all fell before my blade. I made and lost many friends and comrades. I saw wonders that would make a lesser man weep and horrors that drove entire armies mad. I earned the respect and admiration of races not from this world, forces as old as time, and beings that could kill with but a thought.

Armies break upon my shield like waves upon a cliff as my blade fells their ranks like the harvest before the scythe. Untold horrors tremble within their lairs for fear that I shall appear. Thousand aspire to my greatness. And through it all, I have remained stoic, unaffected and uncaring by the world around me.

......Ohgan'aka?

...It is you!

/sniff

I missed you girl.

Comment by DarklingThrush

This quest line was a fun surprise. Very impressed with Blizz for tying a low level quest into a heroic instance for 85s. Must be especially nice for role-players, but something fun and different for all of us.

Comment by Charanari3

I've never shed tears for anybody. I have fought in alien grounds and defeated the great Demon Hunter. I have fought the Undead Scourge and brought the Lich King to his end. I have endured (and killed) dragons. I survived the Cataclysm. I've killed the Wind God. I've killed the monstrous ogre. I am a Warlock. I call down powerful demons to slay my enemies and if they are killed during the battle, I will just laugh.

And then, a small raptor emerged from a dozen of others. That would be its end. But that raptor touched a sensitive cord. So I brought her with me. She couldn't hunt, so I brought her flesh from dead Murlocs. To repay me, she helped me dig out ancient relics. She and I shared many nights together.

But then she was stolen from me. From Mandokir, the Blood Lord. I have tried to free her, but have failed. Rage and pain and sadness welled up inside of me. I am a Warlock. I will take back what's mine.

On to Zul Gurub I went and I slayed the many trolls that dared shadow my face. At last, Mandokir fell dead from my hand. A small cry was heard. I turned and I saw my raptor. An old friend indeed.

I am a Warlock. And this is my raptor. We will never be seperated again.

Comment by cerveau

I havnt got this pet, yet ive done the quests, not just this chain but all the quests in stv.I no longer have the egg fragment and there are no quests left in stv for me to do.

So im stuck as to how to get this pet.

I can fly around stv with Low level quests tracking on, and still there are no ! showing anywhere.Im alliance and stuck on how to proceed.

aah its solved, ive run ZG over 50 times and never seen the little chained up lashlingin the pen where the broodlord is with ! over it, i only looked for it after reading this thread.

so the only thing left i had to do, was accept that quest inside ZG after killing the boss.

thanks.

Comment by jedijeb

Ok, so I am definitely happy about getting back my little raptor.

But part of me has to wonder... may this thing one day grow up and start running around my theme park killing people? I grew up being told by all the smart and honest people in movies to kill raptors whenever possible.

I do have one thing to say to the raptor for holding out long enough for me to save it:

"Clever girl..."

Comment by TimeTraveler

I'm finally here baby girl, it's been a long time and I know you thought I had moved on to bigger raptors and forgotten about you. You've always been on my mind and I just had to get stronger to come and rescue you. I've been out questing to get better weapons and find new friends that will come with me to save you. We battled eight times with your evil master and lost, but we kept coming back.

Many of our companions gave up and said we were not good enough to beat him. But I kept seeing your face and knew that someone would help us, the true masters of this world are kind and they came, and we won. You are free now and can roam this wonderful world with me and my companions. Let's go questing little girl !

Comment by XxdennisxX88

OMG! she was stolen to me from stranglethorn and i began to raise her but that heartless goblin came and just took her away from me i am coming for you lil lashtail

Comment by WrenDraco

I got her as my 100th pet, it seemed fitting. :)

Comment by MizKitteh

I am a rogue.I walk the the long road alone. The friends I make, I make to use, abuse and lose, for my own means and ends. I have fought beside kings and gods. I have killed kings and gods. And still I walk alone.

This didn't have to be my life. Once, when I was younger, when everything was fresh and new, a small helpless thing fell into my hands. And I raised her with the joy, the innocence lost while watching my home city wrecked by the deranged Aspect, lost while watching close friends and companions killed and carried away, lost by the never ending threat of horrible abominations spawned across my nation, lost by the blood staining my leather that I spilled again and again restored to me.

I'm a rogue, I should have let him kill that stupid gnome, but that tiny little thing with her big cyan eyes, had awaken something in me. A lost nobility that I didn't know I had in the first place, and I did the right thing.

I tried my best, slipping into her mind as she was held prisoner, I tried to free my little one. I tried so hard. We were caught again and again, and finally, just when I thought we were free, I thought she was free, she was snatched from me once more. My spirit wrenched form her mind, my little raptor, the tiny thing I had raised from an egg, that I had hunted for, fed, the tiny thing I had loved.. LOVED for once in my life, the little thing I had loved taken from me forever.

They say rogues don't cry, but I did, I cried in the night, my heart broken, shattered. And I was alone. So alone. Why then should I care? I'm a rogue, I look out for me. This is what happens when you let something too close to you. I am a creature of the night, I walk alone.

But I never forgot her, though for sure she would have forgotten me. She was so small, such a tiny thing. You don't break a rogue's heart without getting a dagger in yours. So I plotted, I planned, I schemed. I grew ever stronger, ever colder, ever more alone. Then the time came.

I'm a rogue, I use people for my own needs. A Mage, a Paladin, a Hunter and a Druid were my pawns this time. We took Zul'Garub bit by bit, fighting our way through the infested jungle. I may have lost my 'aka, but Mandokir would lose his life, the life he gained by my hands. Long I waited for this moment.

The battle was brutal, the mage went down, then the hunter. The paladin was barely hanging on with the help of the druid, when finally, a flurry of killing spree. The rage I had nurtured for month after month, spilled out of me in that last burst of flying sword and dagger, and Mandokir went down, dead at my feet. And I felt nothing, nothing but grim satisfaction, as I watched the blood puddle around his lifeless body. This is what happens when you made an enemy of a rogue.

Then, my heart skipped a beat, and my gasping breath caught in my chest as I looked across the pen at a pair of wide cyan eyes staring at me intently. Was it... I started toward those familiar eyes, stumbling over the corpse of the one I had hated for long... Could it be... After all this time?

On unsteady legs I went to her, falling to my knees, unsteady hands shaking, fingers that had picked a thousand locks, picked a million pockets fumbled at the collar holding her. And she was free. My tiny little hatchling, not so tiny anymore was free, but she didn't run, she didn't take that freedom as I expected... Instead she bumped me with her snout, and gave that little trilling sound that filled my heart so many times. She knew me, she remembered me, and she had never lost faith in me. The ice that filled the empty space in my soul born in the loss of this little raptor melted, and spilled from my eyes in a torrent of of hot tears, tracing paths through the dust and blood on my face.

They say rogues don't cry, but I did, my arms around her poor scarred neck, I held her close and cried, my broken heart healing with each tear that fell. I had my baby back.

I'm a rogue, but never more do I walk alone. Wheresoever I may go, my 'aka is there will me, her wide cyan eyes filled with love and trust, and her sweet trill a song in my heart.

Comment by Jathro

Reunited and it feels so goodReunited cause we understood

Comment by Aquifel

I remember doing the quests in Stranglethorn way before the ZG heroics hit, and i remember how sad i was at the end to lose my little raptor thinking id never see him again. Then, the heroics came out, i did ZG over and over again for many weeks (it was horrible) but one day, i saw a quest right before i was about to leave, i said to myself 'hey, how'd i miss an extra quest?', and then i saw the little questgiver. I've never cried before in this game, but i did then.

Great job on this blizz, anything else you've done is forgiven ;_;.

Comment by MrVolare

I rescued my beloved Zizito'aka today and took revenge on the Gurubashi scum that stole her away.. As far as I am concerned, I have won WoW.

Comment by ACosmicFailure

That litlle raptor is my motivation for getting in level 85...

Comment by 57strat

I know this is an older pet from cata, but I feel I must share my most recent bonding experience with my little aka. It started yesterday when a pack of horde trouble makers decided to storm the trade district auction house. Many poor npcs died, and plenty of unfortunate low level characters tasted the bitter fruit of death from the hands of Garrosh's minions. A battle ensued for the auction house. We fought with honor, but the horde were well geared and we could sense that the battle was slipping away from us. My hope was failing until I saw a sight of pure beauty. My Little Aka stormed the auction house and took a bone from one of the fallen foes. In the midst of all the bloodshed and chaos, my little friend, my child, my aka stood up to the trolls and orcs who sought to destroy our peaceful home. My aka only wanted to be a good friend and bring me a token of thanks for caring for it over the years. My adorable baby may not have known it, but she steadied my resolve to see the auction house cleared of the horde. So I grabbed any guildies and other 90's I could muster and tried to muster an attack. The battle raged on, but we won.

Our king lives. The auction house, while covered in the bones of the fallen, still stands. The npcs re-spawned. Many brave souls stood for our people yesterday, and I found my courage from my little aka. Know this aka, just as you saved me from despair I will always come to save you, and nobody, be they God or men, shall stop me.

As a previous poster stated, I've won WoW.

Comment by NAUSEAS

I seriously considered not completing the quest and I was so heartbroken watching her leave.

Comment by LTygress

To see the Lashtail Hatchling inside the Zul'Gurub instance after killing Bloodlord Mandokir you must first complete a series of small quest lines in Northern Stranglethorn.

HORDE: *SPOILERS* will start at step 7 for Horde - You can stop right before those steps if you want to see the main meat of the story unfold yourself.

As a member of the Horde this entire ordeal starts with The Defense of Grom'gol: Raptor Risk given by Commander Aggro'gosh in Grom'gol.

After completing that quest, you will automatically receive the quest A Lashtail Hatchling and the Lashtail Raptor Egg Fragment.

Return with the hatchling to Far Seer Mok'thardin in Grom'gol (If your bags were full check your Mail for the Egg Fragment).

Next he will send you on a quest called I Think She's Hungry to feed the baby raptor murloc meat. Make sure your raptor is summoned so she can take bites out of the corpses as you kill them.

Now take the hatchling to the Bal'lal Ruins @ 33.7, 37.2 where you will find a pile of skulls on the ground, Your hatchling will run up to the pile and grab a skull from it. Now he will give you the quest Favored Skull which needs you to return to Nimboya in Grom'gol.

The cauldron near Nimboya will now offer the quest A Nose for This Sort of Thing.

Next you get the quest Who's a Big Troll? then Skullsplitter Mojo

After completing the above quest line, Bloodlord Mandokir will spawn and offer a "quest" of the same name. He really just wants to steal the raptor from you because it's special. Do not chase him when he runs off. There is more to do, you must now embark on a chain to try and save your new raptor friend from her fate.

Nimboya will now give you a quest to speak to Priestess Hu'rala.

She will lead you on a chain to try and save your new raptor hatchling friend from her terrible fate of becoming the Bloodlord's new raptor slave. This is all your fault! But maybe you can do something about it...

After that really cool and fun quest chain from the Priestess you are ready to enter the 85 Heroic Dungeon of Zul'Gurub and face the Bloodlord Mandokir. It's time to undo the mistake you made by bringing him back to life, and you must save your new friend from a world of torture and evil. Once the Bloodlord falls at your hands, you will see An Old Friend.

(Credit to user: Madwolf)ALLIANCE: *SPOILERS* will start at step 8 for Alliance - You can stop right before those steps if you want to see the main meat of the story unfold yourself.

For Alliance this chain starts with the quest Bad Medicine given by Brother Nimetz at the Rebel Camp.

Upon completion of Bad Medicine you will automatically obtain the quest Just Hatched and the Lashtail Raptor Egg Fragment. Return to Corporal Sethman at the Rebel Camp with the new hatchling.

He will then send you on the quest I Think She's Hungry to feed the baby raptor some basilisk meat. Make sure you have the hatchling summoned while killing basilisks so she may take bites from the corpses as you kill them.

Next you must do The Fate of Kurzen given by Lieutenant Doren in the Rebel Camp. Continue on his chain and do Spared from Madness next.

Now take the hatchling to the Bal'lal Ruins @ 33.7, 37.2 where you will find a pile of skulls on the ground. Your hatchling will run up to the pile and grab a skull from it. Now he will give you the quest Favored Skull. Return to Osborn Obnoticus at the Rebel Camp (This is the NPC that you must have logged out then back in to see according to some Alliance players).

Osborn will then give you A Nose for This Sort of Thing to start trying to figure out who that skull belonged to.

After that do the next quest in the chain, A Physical Specimen.

After completing the above quest line, Bloodlord Mandokir will spawn and offer a "quest" of the same name. He really just wants to steal the raptor from you because it's special. Do not chase him when he runs off. There is more to do, you must now embark on a chain to try and save your new raptor friend from her fate.

Osborn will give you a quest to go talk to Priestess Thaalia at Fort Livingston.

She will lead you on a chain to try and save your new raptor hatchling friend from her terrible fate of becoming the Bloodlord's new raptor slave. This is all your fault! But maybe you can do something about it...

After that really cool and fun quest chain from the Priestess you are ready to enter the 85 Heroic Dungeon of Zul'Gurub and face the Bloodlord Mandokir. It's time to undo the mistake you made by bringing him back to life, and you must save your new friend from a world of torture and evil. Once the Bloodlord falls at your hands, you will see An Old Friend.

Last edited by Glowyrm on 2012/11/29 (Patch 5.1.0)

I went through a large number of posts before finding this. I didn't get through all of the quests way back when, so I had to start over with Bad Medicine. I was rather surprised I had to do even THAT quest again, because I know I did it ages ago. However, I followed these instructions and now I'm waiting for about one more hour for the instance to unlock and reset.

I understand everyone is happy to see their little raptor again, but I came here to look for information on how to GET the quest to even show up, and I had to wade through story after story about how someone missed their little friend, before I found it.

Comment by BlackRequiem

I am a Commander of the Alliance Military. Although young, I have endured many things. I have fought for my King. I have bled for my King. I have never cried, no matter what amount of pain was dealt to me, nor as I watched my comrades fall in battle. I was taught that emotions were a sign of weakness. I am a killer. A killer sworn to his King.

Then one day, as I was aiding our outpost in Stranglethorn, I stumbled upon an egg. Within this egg, lay a tiny baby raptor hatchling. What compelled me to feed it, nurture it, and treasure it, nobody will know. I had become attached. Terribly so. Then one day, a filthy troll appeared before myself and the Gnome, threatening to kill the gnome if I didn't hand over my child.

I did.

For many months, I swore vengeance upon the troll. I swore to myself and to my child that he would die, and that I would return to my child. I disobeyed the training I was given. I stormed into Zul'Gurub, that filthy jungle the trolls called home. I slaughtered them in cold blood, taking them by surprise. I battled my way through the several camps before I reached him. The Bloodlord. Mandokir.

I swore he would die. After a grueling fight, I beheaded him. The monster. Then, as I was about to leave, I saw her. My child. Her cyan eyes watching me intently, with suspicion until I pulled off my helm and dropped it to the ground. I ran to her.

I am a Commander of the Alliance Military. Although young, I have endured many things. I have fought for my King. I have bled for my King. I have cried once in my lifetime. I have learned that emotions are a sign of strength. I am a father. A father sworn to protect his daughter from any harm every again.

Comment by thetwink13

I am a forsaken death knight. Long ago, I died, and with it, every last shred of empathy died within me. I became the worst of monsters; a mindless slave to the Lich King, slaying all in my path. When the banshee queen freed me from my servitude, I regained my free will; but no joy, no hope.

I remained a cold, rotting, shambling corpse, feasting upon the flesh of enemies slaughtered by my blade, the only thing keeping me going the pure, festering hatred that I felt for my old master. My only pleasure derived from the suffering of others, as I left corpses behind in the name of Sylvanas and the Horde to rot and fester and fill with maggots, a kind fate that I was so cruelly denied.

Then, yet again, whilst fighting my most hated enemies legions of mindless slaves, I fell and was brought back, yet again a mindless slave, yet even more ruthless, even more destructive. I single-handedly slaughtered an entire community, women, children and men all, and laughed with twisted glee as I did so. I slew one of my old friends, again laughing.

When I regained my freedom the second time, I was left even more cold, even more heartless, even more hateful. My eyes of ice showed not a hint of the man I once was.

It was when I was in the jungle, my blade painting the land red and freezing blood before it even fell, gleefully destroying an inferior race, that I met her. As the little creature nuzzled at me, I briefly considered killing it, wrapping my cold hands around it's neck and squeezing until all air left it's pathetic, mortal lungs... But then I looked into those wide, cyan eyes, so big, so trusting, and, though my heart long ago died, a cold, useless, rotten lump of flesh festering within my ribcage, I could swear I felt it beat in that moment. 'I shall let it remain alive', I told myself. 'Now it is weak, but another day it will be large and strong and then it shall spread destruction and misery as I do'.

So I fed it. I watched my little girl begin to grow, until it found a skull. 'So what?' I thought. I'd seen plenty of skulls in my time. But she loved the skull. And somehow, I found it in me to bring it to a man, and take it to the woods, all for my raptor. The raptor that made me feel almost... alive.

I should've shattered the skull and left, left with my raptor, my daughter. But I did not. I allowed myself to grow weak, and I allowed the cursed rituals to take place. The vile troll stole my love from me.

I never thought I could cry. Even if I wanted to, my bodily systems had seized up, meaning I was unable to produce tears. And yet, on that very night, I did. Tears leaked from my cold, dead eyes. They burned horrifically against the cold skin of my cheeks, freezing against the skin as they trailed.

I never thought I'd see my baby again. I really never thought I would. So, as though it were possible, I became even more cruel, even more merciless. I saw no people; only lumps of mortal flesh to spit upon my blade, only corpses-to-be to feed my endless hunger for vengeance.

I vowed vengeance against the troll race. Every troll that had the misfortune of crossing my path, I slew. It was at Zul'farak that I saw him. The bloodlord. I was not alone; other mortals were following me, and I allowed them to, for now. Loath as I was to admit, I needed them. The moment the bloodlord fell, I roared with laughter. I gleefully fell to my knees and began cannibalizing his corpse.

It was in that moment that I heard something.

No.

But then I turned around.

Yes, The voice seemed to whisper back to me. It was her. My baby.

I rushed over, tears freezing against my face as I picked her up, craddled her in my arms, promised never to let her go again. She licked that tears from my face, and, at the feeling of something so adorable, I laughed. Not the malevolent laughter I usually snarled, but a happy, contented, genuine giggle. I felt... Warm.

Comment by Owenhalle

I was in the area for Stormwind rep when I found myself on the quest chain that would break me. Inevitably, I put down my grind, and picked up the task of dismantling an empire for my little one.

Comment by Gadoink4

I did all the leadup quests to this back in Cata, and then never really did Zul'Gurub.

Fast forward to WoD, and I decide to go solo some old instances at level 100 for mounts. I went over to Mandokir for the Armored Razzashi Raptor.

And then I killed him and saw this quest...

Her father has finally come back to save her.

I'm sorry I kept you waiting, little one ;_;

Comment by LunakaDementor

Can anyone help? I went back to complete this quest after many months, and there is no hatchling there. I completed the original quest line, went back in on heroic as a level 100, but nothing is there. I want my baby :(

Comment by LunakaDementor

Can anyone help? I went back to complete this quest after many months, and there is no hatchling there. I completed the original quest line, went back in on heroic as a level 100, but nothing is there. I want my baby :(